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IMAGINE CONFERENCE RECOGNITION EVENT
On March 20, 2008 at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, thirteen teams from the Fall '07 IMAGINE: Students for Global and Local Action Conference were recognized for their community service projects addressing needs related to local or global poverty.
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Minnijean Brown Trickey: RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK
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The Dignity Center/Fifth Grade Featured on WFYI
The Dignity Center and Orchard's fifth grade partnership with Cherokee Elementary was featured on WFYI's "Communities Building Community" last spring. The segment, hosted by former Indiana First Lady Judy O'Bannon, documented Orchard students as they met and interacted with their Cherokee colleagues.
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New Japanese Arts Unit Kicks Off First Quarter
Sixth graders share Japanese arts projects with parents! Check out the Dignity Japan News.
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Global Learning in Action
Mrs.Estes and Mrs. Arnold's Pre 4/5 Class Celebrate Diwali!!
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The Dignity Center Blog
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Global Education at Orchard
One of our ‘nine promises’ at The Orchard School is “Global Readiness.” What does global readiness mean for elementary and middle school children in the 21st century? In a recent article in TIME Magazine, (March 24, 2008) Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and author of “The End of Poverty,” identifies the defining challenge of the 21st century to be the world’s need “to face the reality that all of humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet.” He goes on to state, “We have reached the beginning of the century with 6.6 billion people living in an interconnected global economy producing an astounding $60 trillion of output each year.”
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Are we listening to one another?
This space is dedicated to allowing members of The Orchard community the opportuntiy to express thoughts and ideas related to the vision statement of The Dignity Center: "Recognizing and advocating for self-worth and the worth of others."
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